Imperative Mood in French

Imperative Mood, how to translate "Go!" in French with www.frenchspanishonline.com, vas-y, allons-y

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[imhappy123]

Vas-y, Allons-y ,Allez-y

Est-ce que on ecrit comme ca? Ou seulement quand on parle?

Et 2 plus questions

Va-t-en est, Va-toi-en mais avec abbreviation?

Et

Allon-nous, allez-vous, ne sont reflexive mais on les peut utiliser comme reflexive?

[lsfrench]

@imhappy123 1. on écrit eton parle, c'est bon. 2 we add a t for the pronunciation, t is not toi, just forpronunciation 3 the reflexive form is s'en aller: je m'en vais, nous nous en allons.

[allarmsfall]

Merci! This was incredibly helpful. You have a very good method of teaching :) Although... I'm translating a Tintin comic and there is a part where Milou is chasing a spider and he says "Voyons, où se cache-t-elle, cette vilaine bête?". Is this a circumstance where "Voyons" has been used as an imperative for "lets see" without adding the "voir"? Is that acceptable in French?

[lsfrench]

@allarmsfall thank you. yes, totally acceptable, voyons = voyons voir = voyons voyons!

[duduely]

merci merci merci!

[lsfrench]

@duduely de rien!

[lsfrench]

@TheEcnarf de rien!

[TheEcnarf]

Thanks again.

[lsfrench]

@TheEcnarf actulally voir or to see is an ability, you don't need to make any effort to see, so we don't use the imperative forms, as we do not say; see! but look!, however the imperative form exists: vois, voyons, voyez but we prefere to say regarde! but in the expressions voyons voir, you can alsa say voyez ça! but it is just an expression to make someone think

[TheEcnarf]

About the imperative of voir, when it comes to the second person tu and vous, should we also say vois voir and voyez voir ? Please shed some light on my ignorance, many thanks in advance.